News: October 2006

Private Healthcare UK keeps you up to date with the latest news and developments in private treatment in the UK.

NHS dentistry survey reveals "grim picture"The NHS dentist contracts introduced earlier this year have not improved access for patients, a new report has warned.A survey conducted by the British Dental Association revealed that 78 per cent of...

Tourists dabble with cosmetic surgery in ArgentinaThe number of tourists visiting Argentina has increased in recent years, but it seems many of these globetrotters are being attracted by more than just the culture and scenery.According to a report...

Swiss Reinsurance has agreed to buy GE LifeSwiss Reinsurance has agreed to buy GE Life from General Electric for £465 million. GE Life will continue to write new business through financial advisers, under a new brand name to be announced in...

Obesity surgery gives women pregnancy hopeA growing number of severely overweight women are turning to obesity surgery in the hopes of increasing their chances of becoming pregnant.Consultant Steve Pollard told BBC News that around 30,000...

Patients 'not to treat obesity surgery as a cure'Obesity surgery is an effective way of assisting with weight loss but surgeons warn that patients should not treat it as a cure.Explaining the form of surgery known as gastric banding to the Times,...

Indian hospitals in modernisation drivePrivate hospitals in Agra, India, are currently being modernised in a bid to attract more medical tourists.The country is in the process of promoting itself as the ideal destination for visitors...

India increasingly popular for medical tourismThe demand for cheap and efficient healthcare is drawing medical tourists from western countries to India for their surgeries.Desperate Americans, Canadians and British tourists lead the way for the...

Equity release mortgages : Realities of retirementNew research published by Prudential, the Lifetime Mortgage Provider, reveals that the generation gap is wider than ever with today's under 25s planning for a fairy-tale retirement, while the current...

Bupa wins care homes awardBupa has won the top honour at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development annual People Management Award.The Care Homes Personal Best programme encourages the staff carers in their 297...

''Coffee break face lift'' now availableA new procedure has landed in the UK that promises a complete facial refresh in only seven minutes.The Aesthera PPx treatment was approved for use in the USA last May and reduces the look of veins,...

Cervical cancer vaccine now available in the UKA new vaccine that could save thousands of women from the ravages of cervical cancer is now available privately in the UK.According to vaccine maker Sanofi Pasteur there are now over 100,000 doses of...